These two worksheets are on solving proportions. One has students solve proportions equations, and the other has students set up and solve proportions equations to solve word problems. The secret... More > decoder format allows students to receive immediate feedback and reduces overhead for teachers too. Students who used these worksheets reported that they helped to practice the concepts and that they were enjoyable to complete.< Less

These two worksheets are on solving proportions. One has students solve proportions equations, and the other has students set up and solve proportions equations to solve word problems. The secret... More > decoder format allows students to receive immediate feedback and reduces overhead for teachers too. Students who used these worksheets reported that they helped to practice the concepts and that they were enjoyable to complete.< Less

Math Mammoth Ratios, Proportions & Problem Solving is a worktext that concentrates, first of all, on two important concepts: ratios and proportions, and then on problem solving. The book suits... More > best grade levels 6 and 7.
The book starts out with the basic concepts of ratio, rate, and unit rate. The lessons on equivalent rates allow students to solve a variety of problems involving ratios and rates. We connect the tables of equivalent rates with ordered pairs, use equations (such as y = 3x) to describe these tables, and plot the ordered pairs. The lessons about proportions show how to solve proportions using cross-multiplying and how to set up proportions the correct way.
The concept of direct variation is introduced in the lesson Proportional Relationships.
The lessons Scaling Figures, Floor Plans, and Maps give useful applications and more practice to master the concepts of proportions.
Lastly, we study various kinds of word problems involving ratios and use a bar model to solve these problems.< Less

Math on the Fly presents its simple and easy-to-understand ebook series to the public!
Dozens of examples with step-by-step explanations, along with a wide variety of practice problems, sets this... More > book series apart from others in its industry.
Written in a language that children and adults alike can learn from, this book covers everything you wanted to know about ratios. Topics include rates and unit rates, equivalent ratios, groupings, combining ratios, similar figures, solving proportions, setting up proportions to solve word problems, and much more!
The author, an Electrical Engineering graduate, relies on his years of experience as a professional math tutor to show that math fundamentals can be mastered and learned at any age.
Make Math on the Fly your number one source for math knowledge. Simple and easy, like it should be!< Less

The key to doing well on the SAT Math is knowing how to set up and solve word problems.
The SAT Math Review Book for People Who Hate Math differs from the other books on the market because it gives... More > you in-depth teaching on word problems. By studying this book, you will learn how to set up and solve different kinds of word problems: distance, rate of work, mixture, age, money, Pythagorean Theorem problems and many more.
In addition to word problems, the book contains a complete review of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry
Instead of spending four years at your "safety school," get into the college of your dreams by scoring well on the SAT.< Less

Math Mammoth Grade 6-A and Grade 6-B worktexts comprise a complete math curriculum for the sixth grade mathematics studies. Each chapter has an introduction, which contains notes to the teacher; the... More > actual lessons follow with problems. Each chapter ends in a review lesson. The chapter tests are found in a separate folder and are printed separately. This product also includes an HTML page that you can use to make extra practice worksheets for computation.
Sixth grade is a time to deepen the student's understanding of fractions and decimals, and to study ratios, proportions, and percent as new topics. Also studied are integers, geometry, statistical graphs, and probability.
The study of integers is preparing students for pre-algebra and algebra. Here we study all four operations with integers using several models, such as counters and number line, and also graphing simple functions.
In geometry, pi and the area of a circle are studied as new topics.< Less

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